Catalina Schliebener
|
Catalina Schliebener STATEMENT The disquieting of the familiar or everyday, carried out by the employment of elements extracted from the very setting, is constant within my visual work. In my work, the starting point is always a pre-existing image or object, which originates from multiple sources, such as collectible objects, publicity ads (usually ones which aren’t in circulation), catalogues, magazines, television shows, cookbooks, children books, first aid manuals, handbooks for parents, sewing magazines, personal websites on the Internet, etc. Despite the diversity of the sources which trigger my work, they all seem to behave in a similar way: They are images directed towards the average user, and they resort to the existence of a common sense. Throughout the use of various visual operations, my interest is to bring out a sense of ambiguity in the common imagery; detract the coded character and rehearse new scenarios where visuality isn’t subordinated by the constitutive discourse of the imagery. BIO Catalina Schliebener was born in Santiago, Chile in 1980. She has a Bachelor of Philosophy from The Arts and Social Sciences University ARCIS, in Santiago, where she also studied Visual Art. From 2002 to 2008, she held academic positions in Philosophy and Art Theory at several universities in Chile. Her work has been shown in solo and group shows in galleries and museums in Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Belfast, London, Miami and New York. Schliebener received scholarships from the Development of Culture and the Arts Fund of the Government of Chile (Fondart), the Board of Cultural Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Chile (Dirac), as well as the Henry Moore Foundation of the United Kingdom. She lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina and New York. ARTIST CONTACT (929) 309-5880 IMAGES
|
